From the video description on YouTube:
Alice Barker was a chorus line dancer during the Harlem Renaissance of the the 1930s and 40s. She danced at clubs such as The Apollo, Cotton Club, and Zanzibar Club, with legends including Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly, and Bill "Bojangles" Robinson.
Although she danced in numerous movies, commercials and TV shows, she had never seen any of them, and all of her photographs and memorabilia have been lost over the years.
With the help of Mark Cantor of http://jazz-on-film.com we finally our hands on three "Soundies" Alice appeared in, and were able to show them to her for the very first time. She had never seen herself in motion in her life!
Although she danced in numerous movies, commercials and TV shows, she had never seen any of them, and all of her photographs and memorabilia have been lost over the years.
With the help of Mark Cantor of http://jazz-on-film.com we finally our hands on three "Soundies" Alice appeared in, and were able to show them to her for the very first time. She had never seen herself in motion in her life!
2 comments:
I just saw this on Facebook and was so amazed at it , what a lovely thing she got to see herself after all those years had passed, what a star , a beautiful girl and i still see her smile now the same , just lovely all around story .
I started to post this to my FB wall but I try to not "double up" on things like this...not that very many read both my wall AND this blog. Prob. just you and Barb and my sister and sometimes Cindy.
It was touching and she sure was pretty in her younger days, huh?
Thanks f/ the comment.
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